30% of participants in recent #Afghanistan 🇦🇫 loya jirga were women, but a number faced pushback on their presence & when they sought to speak. Vital that #women pay a full role in talks about future of war-torn country. #UNSCR1325 https://t.co/hKp9bS6Qcq via @nytimes
Women in Saudi Arabia started demanding the right to drive years before they won it in June of last year. One of the most prominent voices belonged to activist Manal al-Sharif. @IAmAmnaNawaz reports.
.@MiddleEastMnt report on treatment of women’s rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul in Saudi Arabian 🇸🇦 jail. Loujain campaigned for the right of #women to drive. Despite that now being possible, she & other advocates for women continue to be punished. https://t.co/iIJ89jpmiG
Activist Manal al-Sharif was part of the campaign that fought for women's right to drive in Saudi Arabia.
She's now fighting for the release of the women and men who remain under arrest because of their activism.
@SMohyeddin@Safeword13 The tyrants have no empathy for others as they unleash brutality in an effort to hold on to power. This is a tragically sad story.
Today Iranian authorities arrested this brave woman of #WhiteWednesdays movement against compulsory hijab. They handcuffed her in front of her 9 year old daughter. Her name is #MojganKeshavarz & she protested peacefully against #ForcedHijab by handing out flowers to veiled women
“Democracy is an experiment, and the right of the majority to rule is no more inherent than the right of the minority to rule; and unless the majority represents sane, righteous, unselfish public sentiment, it has no inherent right.”
William Allen White
April 27, 1981, has been registered under name of brave mothers in history of #Iranian women’s struggle.
These courageous women put their lives on line to expose crimes of regime’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (#IRGC) in suppressing every voice of dissent.
https://t.co/Apnpd2qbOF
#Iran: Mojgan Keshavarz, #Civilactivist and volunteer helping the flood stricken residents of Lorestan was arrested. Her arrest confirms how much the clerical regime is afraid of grass-roots humanitarian activities.
https://t.co/5z2WHZxwYb
One of the reasons behind the extent of flood damages in #Iran is years of construction in water routes and dried out rivers. It seems as though construction is carried out without planning and without the implementation of basic construction regulations.
Most Accessible Cities around the World
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It’s interesting that even some of the cities & countries listed here still have major improvements that need to be made. #Justice#LibertyForAll